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du Preez LL, van der Walt E, Valverde A, Rothmann C, Neser FWC, Cason ED. A metagenomic survey of the fecal microbiome of the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana). Anim Genet 2024; 55:621-643. [PMID: 38923598 DOI: 10.1111/age.13458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2024] [Revised: 06/06/2024] [Accepted: 06/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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The African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) is the largest terrestrial animal on Earth and is found primarily in Southern and Eastern Africa. It is a hindgut, colonic fermenter and subsists on a diet of raw plant materials found in its grazing area. In this study the bacterial, archaeal and fungal populations of seven African savanna elephant fecal metagenomes were first characterized using amplicon sequencing. On the genus level it was observed that the p-1088-a5 gut group in the bacteriome, Methanocorpusulum and Methanobrevibacter in the archaeome and Alternaria, Aurobasidium, Didymella and Preussia in the mycome, predominated. Subsequently, metagenomic shotgun sequencing was employed to identify possible functional pathways and carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes). Carbohydrate catabolic pathways represented the main degradation pathways, and the fecal metagenome was enriched in the glycohydroside (GH) class of CAZymes. Additionally, the top GH families identified - GH43, GH2, GH13 and GH3 - are known to be associated with cellulytic, hemicellulytic and pectolytic activities. Finally, the CAZymes families identified in the African savanna elephant were compared with those found in the Asian elephant and it was demonstrated that there is a unique repository of CAZymes that could be leveraged in the biotechnological context such as the degradation of lignocellulose for the production of second-generation biofuels and energy.
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- Louis Lategan du Preez
- Department of Animal Science, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Salamanca, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Animal Science, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
- Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
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- Department of Animal Science, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
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Zhu E, Hiramatsu K, Inoue T, Mori K, Tashiro K, Fujita K, Karashima T, Takashita H, Okutsu K, Yoshizaki Y, Takamine K, Tamaki H, Futagami T. Deficiency of β-xylosidase activity in Aspergillus luchuensis mut. kawachii IFO 4308. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2024; 88:816-823. [PMID: 38621718 DOI: 10.1093/bbb/zbae046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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In this study, we investigated a deleterious mutation in the β-xylosidase gene, xylA (AkxylA), in Aspergillus luchuensis mut. kawachii IFO 4308 by constructing an AkxylA disruptant and complementation strains of AkxylA and xylA derived from A. luchuensis RIB2604 (AlxylA), which does not harbor the mutation in xylA. Only the AlxylA complementation strain exhibited significantly higher growth and substantial β-xylosidase activity in medium containing xylan, accompanied by an increase in XylA expression. This resulted in lower xylobiose and higher xylose concentrations in the mash of barley shochu. These findings suggest that the mutation in xylA affects xylose levels during the fermentation process. Because the mutation in xylA was identified not only in the genome of strain IFO 4308 but also the genomes of other industrial strains of A. luchuensis and A. luchuensis mut. kawachii, these findings enhance our understanding of the genetic factors that affect the fermentation characteristics.
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- Enkang Zhu
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan
- School of Food Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan
- Education and Research Center for Fermentation Studies, Faculty of Agriculture, Korimoto, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan
- Education and Research Center for Fermentation Studies, Faculty of Agriculture, Korimoto, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan
- Education and Research Center for Fermentation Studies, Faculty of Agriculture, Korimoto, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan
- Education and Research Center for Fermentation Studies, Faculty of Agriculture, Korimoto, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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Wang F, Yao Z, Zhang X, Han Z, Chu X, Ge X, Lu F, Liu Y. High-level production of xylose from agricultural wastes using GH11 endo-xylanase and GH43 β-xylosidase from Bacillus sp. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2022; 45:1705-1717. [PMID: 36063213 DOI: 10.1007/s00449-022-02778-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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As a promising feedstock, alkali-extracted xylan from lignocellulosic biomass is desired for producing xylose, which can be used for renewable biofuels production. In this study, an efficient pathway has been established for low-cost and high-yield production of xylose by hydrolysis of alkali-extracted xylan from agricultural wastes using an endo-1,4-xylanase (XYLA) from Bacillus safensis TCCC 111022 and a β-xylosidase (XYLO) from B. pumilus TCCC 11573. The optimum activities of recombinant XYLA (rXYLA) and XYLO (rXYLO) were 60 ℃ and pH 8.0, and 30 ℃ and pH 7.0, respectively. They were stable over a broad pH range (pH 6.0-11.0 and 7.0-10.0). rXYLO showed a relatively high xylose tolerance up to 100 mM. Furthermore, the yield of xylose from wheat straw, rice straw, corn stover, corncob and sugarcane bagasse by rXYLA and rXYLO was 63.77%, 71.76%, 68.55%, 53.81%, and 58.58%, respectively. This study demonstrated a strategy to produce xylose from agricultural wastes by integrating alkali-extracted xylan and enzymatic hydrolysis.
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- Fenghua Wang
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, The College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, No.29, 13th Avenue, Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Area, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, The College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, No.29, 13th Avenue, Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Area, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, The College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, No.29, 13th Avenue, Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Area, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, The College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, No.29, 13th Avenue, Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Area, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, The College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, No.29, 13th Avenue, Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Area, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, The College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, No.29, 13th Avenue, Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Area, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, The College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, No.29, 13th Avenue, Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Area, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, The College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, No.29, 13th Avenue, Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Area, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China.
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Gunina A, Kuzyakov Y. From energy to (soil organic) matter. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2022; 28:2169-2182. [PMID: 34978126 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In this concept paper, we propose a new view on soil organic matter (SOM) formation: microorganisms use most of the organics entering the soil as energy rather than as a source of carbon (C), while SOM accumulates as a residual by-product because the microbial energy investment in its decomposition exceeds the energy gain. During the initial stages of decomposition, the nominal oxidation state of C (NOSC) in remaining litter decreases, and the energy content increases. This reflects the rapid mineralization of available compounds with positive and neutral NOSC (carboxylic acids, sugars, some amino acids). Consequently, the NOSC of the remaining compounds drops to -0.3 units, and the oxidation rate decreases due to the residual relative accumulation of aromatic and aliphatic compounds (which are hydrolized later) and entombment of the necromass. Ultimately, incompletely decomposed plant residues will have 1%-2.5% more energy per C unit than the initial litter. The linear decrease in energy density of a broad range of organic substances by 106 kJ mol-1 C per NOSC unit upon oxidation is supported by experimental data on litter decomposition. Preferential recycling of energy-rich reduced (lipids, aromatics, certain amino acids, amino sugars) and the microbial degradation of oxidized compounds (carboxylic acids) also energetically enrich SOM. Despite the high energy content, the availability of energy stored in SOM is lower than in litter. This explains why SOM is not fully mineralized (thermodynamically unfavorable), especially in the absence of plant C to provide new energy (e.g., in bare soil). Energy from litter activates decomposers to mine nutrients stored in SOM (the main ecological function of priming effects) because the nutrient content in SOM is 2-5 times higher than that of litter. This results in only 0.4%-5% year-1 of litter-derived C being sequestered in SOM, whereas SOM stores 1%-10% year-1 of the total litter-derived energy. Thus, the energy captured by photosynthesis is the main reason why microorganisms utilize organic matter, whereby SOM is merely a residual by-product of nutrient storage and a mediator of energy fluxes.
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- Anna Gunina
- Department of Environmental Chemistry, University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, Germany
- Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russian Federation
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- Department of Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems, Department of Agricultural Soil Science, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Peoples Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, Russian Federation
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β-Xylosidases: Structural Diversity, Catalytic Mechanism, and Inhibition by Monosaccharides. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20225524. [PMID: 31698702 PMCID: PMC6887791 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20225524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Revised: 11/02/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Xylan, a prominent component of cellulosic biomass, has a high potential for degradation into reducing sugars, and subsequent conversion into bioethanol. This process requires a range of xylanolytic enzymes. Among them, β-xylosidases are crucial, because they hydrolyze more glycosidic bonds than any of the other xylanolytic enzymes. They also enhance the efficiency of the process by degrading xylooligosaccharides, which are potent inhibitors of other hemicellulose-/xylan-converting enzymes. On the other hand, the β-xylosidase itself is also inhibited by monosaccharides that may be generated in high concentrations during the saccharification process. Structurally, β-xylosidases are diverse enzymes with different substrate specificities and enzyme mechanisms. Here, we review the structural diversity and catalytic mechanisms of β-xylosidases, and discuss their inhibition by monosaccharides.
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Penicillium purpurogenum produces a novel, acidic, GH3 beta-xylosidase: Heterologous expression and characterization of the enzyme. Carbohydr Res 2019; 482:107738. [PMID: 31280019 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2019.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2019] [Revised: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 06/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Xylan, a component of plant cell walls, is composed of a backbone of β-1,4-linked xylopyranosyl units with a number of substituents. The complete degradation of xylan requires the action of several enzymes, among them β-xylosidase. The fungus Penicillium purpurogenum secretes a number of enzymes participating in the degradation of xylan. In this study, a β-xylosidase from this fungus was expressed in Pichia pastoris, and characterized. This enzyme (Xyl2) is a member of glycoside hydrolase family 3; it consists of a sequence of 792 residues including a signal peptide of 20 residues, with a theoretical molecular mass for the mature protein of 84.2 KDa and an isoelectric point of 5.07. The highest identity with a characterized fungal enzyme, is with a β-xylosidase from Aspergillus oryzae (70%). The optimal activity of Xyl2 is found at pH 2.0 and 28 °C. The enzyme is most stable at pH 2.0 and conserves 40% of activity at 42 °C (after 1h incubation). The kinetic parameters for p-nitrophenyl-β-d-xylopyranoside are: KM 0.53 mM, kcat 1*107 s-1 and kcat/KM 1.9*1010 M-1 s-1. The enzyme is about 10% active on p-nitrophenyl-α-l-arabinofuranoside. Xyl2 exhibits a high hydrolytic activity on xylooligosaccharides; it liberates xylose from beechwood and birchwood glucuronoxylan and it acts synergistically with endoxylanases in the degradation of xylan. Its low pH optimum make this enzyme particularly useful in potential applications requiring a low pH such as increasing the flavor of wine.
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Li Q, Wu T, Qi Z, Zhao L, Pei J, Tang F. Characterization of a novel thermostable and xylose-tolerant GH 39 β-xylosidase from Dictyoglomus thermophilum. BMC Biotechnol 2018; 18:29. [PMID: 29783967 PMCID: PMC5963010 DOI: 10.1186/s12896-018-0440-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background β-D-xylosidase is a vital exoglycosidase with the ability to hydrolyze xylooligosaccharides to xylose and to biotransform some saponins by cleaving outer β-xylose. β-D-xylosidase is widely used as one of the xylanolytic enzymes in a diverse range of applications, such as fuel, food and the pharmaceutical industry; therefore, more and more studies have focused on the thermostable and xylose-tolerant β-D-xylosidases. Results A thermostable β-xylosidase gene (xln-DT) of 1509 bp was cloned from Dictyoglomus thermophilum and expressed in E.coli BL21. According to the amino acid and phylogeny analyses, the β-xylosidase Xln-DT is a novel β-xylosidase of the GH family 39. The recombinant β-xylosidase was purified, showing unique bands on SDS-PAGE, and had a protein molecular weight of 58.7 kDa. The β-xylosidase Xln-DT showed an optimal activity at pH 6.0 and 75 °C, with p-nitrophenyl-β-D-xylopyranoside (pNPX) as a substrate. Xln-DT displayed stability over a pH range of 4.0-7.5 for 24 h and displayed thermotolerance below 85 °C. The values of the kinetic parameters Km and Vmax for pNPX were 1.66 mM and 78.46 U/mg, respectively. In particular, Xln-DT displayed high tolerance to xylose, with 60% activity in the presence of 3 M xylose. Xln-DT showed significant effects on the hydrolyzation of xylobiose. After 3 h, all the xylobiose tested was degraded into xylose. Moreover, β-xylosidase Xln-DT had a high selectivity for cleaving the outer xylose moieties of natural saponins, such as notoginsenoside R1 and astragaloside IV, which produced the ginsenoside Rg1 with stronger anti-fatigue activity and produced cycloastragenol with stronger anti-aging activity, respectively. Conclusion This study provides a novel GH 39 β-xylosidase displaying extraordinary properties of highly catalytic activity at temperatures above 75 °C, remarkable hydrolyzing activity of xylooligosaccharides and rare saponins producing ability in the pharmaceutical and commercial industries. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12896-018-0440-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Qi Li
- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, 159 Long Pan Road, Nanjing, 210037, China.,College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, 159 Long Pan Road, Nanjing, 210037, China.,Jiangsu Key Lab for the Chemistry & Utilization of Agricultural and Forest Biomass, 159 Long Pan Road, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, 159 Long Pan Road, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, 159 Long Pan Road, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, 159 Long Pan Road, Nanjing, 210037, China. .,College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, 159 Long Pan Road, Nanjing, 210037, China. .,Jiangsu Key Lab for the Chemistry & Utilization of Agricultural and Forest Biomass, 159 Long Pan Road, Nanjing, 210037, China.
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, 159 Long Pan Road, Nanjing, 210037, China.,Jiangsu Key Lab for the Chemistry & Utilization of Agricultural and Forest Biomass, 159 Long Pan Road, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, 8 Fu Tong East Street, Beijing, 100714, China
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Purification and characterization of novel bi-functional GH3 family β-xylosidase/β-glucosidase from Aspergillus niger ADH-11. Int J Biol Macromol 2017; 109:1260-1269. [PMID: 29174354 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.11.132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Revised: 11/18/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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β-Xylosidase plays an important role in xylan degradation by relieving the end product inhibition of endo-xylanase caused by xylo-oligosaccharides. β-Xylosidase has a wide range of applications in food, feed, paper and pulp, pharmaceutical industries and in bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass. Hence, in the present study focused on purification, biochemical characterization and partial sequencing of purified β-xylosidase from xylanolytic strain Aspergillus niger ADH-11. Acetone precipitation followed by GPC using Sephacryl S-200 yielded 20.59-fold purified β-xylosidase with 58.30% recovery. SDS-PAGE analysis of purified β-xylosidase relieved a monomeric subunit with a molecular weight 120.48kDa. Kinetic parameters of purified β-xylosidase viz Km, Vmax, Kcat and catalytic efficiency were assessed. Purified β-xylosidase was additionally active on p-nitrophenyl-β-d-glucopyranoside substrate also. Moreover, peptide mass fingerprinting analysis support our biochemical studies and showed that the purified protein is a novel β-xylosidase with β-glucosidase activity and belongs to the bi-functional GH3 superfamily. Besides, tolerance of purified β-xylosidase towards glucose and xylose was also assessed.
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Korban SA, Bobrov KS, Maynskova MA, Naryzhny SN, Vlasova OL, Eneyskaya EV, Kulminskaya AA. Heterologous expression in Pichia pastoris and biochemical characterization of the unmodified sulfatase from Fusarium proliferatum LE1. Protein Eng Des Sel 2017. [PMID: 28651356 DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzx033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Sulfatases are a family of enzymes (sulfuric ester hydrolases, EC 3.1.6.-) that catalyze the hydrolysis of a wide array of sulfate esters. To date, despite the discovery of many sulfatase genes and the accumulation of data on numerous sulfated molecules, the number of characterized enzymes that are key players in sulfur metabolism remains extremely limited. While mammalian sulfatases are well studied due to their involvement in a wide range of normal and pathological biological processes, lower eukaryotic sulfatases, especially fungal sulfatases, have not been thoroughly investigated at the biochemical and structural level. In this paper, we describe the molecular cloning of Fusarium proliferatum sulfatase (F.p.Sulf-6His), its recombinant expression in Pichia pastoris as a soluble and active cytosolic enzyme and its detailed characterization. Gel filtration and native electrophoretic experiments showed that this recombinant enzyme exists as a tetramer in solution. The enzyme is thermo-sensitive, with an optimal temperature of 25°C. The optimal pH value for the hydrolysis of sulfate esters and stability of the enzyme was 6.0. Despite the absence of the post-translational modification of cysteine into Cα-formylglycine, the recombinant F.p.Sulf-6His has remarkably stable catalytic activity against p-nitrophenol sulfate, with kcat = 0.28 s-1 and Km = 2.45 mM, which indicates potential use in the desulfating processes. The currently proposed enzymatic mechanisms of sulfate ester hydrolysis do not explain the appearance of catalytic activity for the unmodified enzyme. According to the available models, the unmodified enzyme is not able to perform multiple catalytic acts; therefore, the enzymatic mechanism of sulfate esters hydrolysis remains to be fully elucidated.
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- Svetlana A Korban
- Laboratory of Enzymology, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute Named by B.P. Konstantinov of National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", PNPI, 1, Orlova roscha mcr., Gatchina, Leningrad Region 188300, Russia.,Department of Medical Physics, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Chlopina str. 11, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Enzymology, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute Named by B.P. Konstantinov of National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", PNPI, 1, Orlova roscha mcr., Gatchina, Leningrad Region 188300, Russia
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- Orekhovich Institute of Biomedical Chemistry of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Pogodinskaya 10, Moscow 119121, Russia
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- Laboratory of Enzymology, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute Named by B.P. Konstantinov of National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", PNPI, 1, Orlova roscha mcr., Gatchina, Leningrad Region 188300, Russia.,Orekhovich Institute of Biomedical Chemistry of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Pogodinskaya 10, Moscow 119121, Russia
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- Department of Medical Physics, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Chlopina str. 11, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Enzymology, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute Named by B.P. Konstantinov of National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", PNPI, 1, Orlova roscha mcr., Gatchina, Leningrad Region 188300, Russia
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- Laboratory of Enzymology, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute Named by B.P. Konstantinov of National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", PNPI, 1, Orlova roscha mcr., Gatchina, Leningrad Region 188300, Russia.,Department of Medical Physics, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Chlopina str. 11, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia
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Xylanase and β-xylosidase from Penicillium janczewskii : Purification, characterization and hydrolysis of substrates. ELECTRON J BIOTECHN 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejbt.2016.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Dehnavi E, Ranaei Siadat SO, Fathi Roudsari M, Khajeh K. Cloning and high-level expression of β-xylosidase from Selenomonas ruminantium in Pichia pastoris by optimizing of pH, methanol concentration and temperature conditions. Protein Expr Purif 2016; 124:55-61. [PMID: 27154901 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2016.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2014] [Revised: 04/28/2016] [Accepted: 05/02/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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β-xylosidase and several other glycoside hydrolase family members, including xylanase, cooperate together to degrade hemicelluloses, a commonly found xylan polymer of plant-cell wall. β-d-xylosidase/α-l-arabinofuranosidase from the ruminal anaerobic bacterium Selenomonas ruminantium (SXA) has potential utility in industrial processes such as production of fuel ethanol and other bioproducts. The optimized synthetic SXA gene was overexpressed in methylotrophic Pichia pastoris under the control of alcohol oxidase I (AOX1) promoter and secreted into the medium. Recombinant protein showed an optimum pH 4.8 and optimum temperature 50 °C. Furthermore, optimization of growth and induction conditions in shake flask was carried out. Using the optimum expression condition (pH 6, temperature 20 °C and 1% methanol induction), protein production was increased by about three times in comparison to the control. The recombinant SXA we have expressed here showed higher turnover frequency using ρ-nitrophenyl β-xylopyranoside (PNPX) substrate, in contrast to most xylosidase experiments reported previously. This is the first report on the cloning and expression of a β-xylosidase gene from glycoside hydrolase (GH) family 43 in Pichia pastoris. Our results confirm that P. pastoris is an appropriate host for high level expression and production of SXA for industrial applications.
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- Ehsan Dehnavi
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Science, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Nanobiotechnology Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and New Technologies, Shahid Beheshti University, GC, Tehran, Iran; Protein Engineering Laboratory, Protein Research Center (PRC), Shahid Beheshti University, GC, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Science, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
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Choengpanya K, Arthornthurasuk S, Wattana-amorn P, Huang WT, Plengmuankhae W, Li YK, Kongsaeree PT. Cloning, expression and characterization of β-xylosidase from Aspergillus niger ASKU28. Protein Expr Purif 2015; 115:132-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2015.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2015] [Revised: 07/06/2015] [Accepted: 07/07/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Gramany V, Khan FI, Govender A, Bisetty K, Singh S, Permaul K. Cloning, expression, and molecular dynamics simulations of a xylosidase obtained from Thermomyces lanuginosus. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2015; 34:1681-92. [DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2015.1089186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Vashni Gramany
- Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4001, South Africa
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4001, South Africa
- Department of Chemistry, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4001, South Africa
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4001, South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4001, South Africa
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4001, South Africa
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4001, South Africa
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Borisova AS, Reddy SK, Ivanen DR, Bobrov KS, Eneyskaya EV, Rychkov GN, Sandgren M, Stålbrand H, Sinnott ML, Kulminskaya AA, Shabalin KA. The method of integrated kinetics and its applicability to the exo-glycosidase-catalyzed hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl glycosides. Carbohydr Res 2015; 412:43-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2015.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2014] [Revised: 03/23/2015] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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SUMMARY Biomass is constructed of dense recalcitrant polymeric materials: proteins, lignin, and holocellulose, a fraction constituting fibrous cellulose wrapped in hemicellulose-pectin. Bacteria and fungi are abundant in soil and forest floors, actively recycling biomass mainly by extracting sugars from holocellulose degradation. Here we review the genome-wide contents of seven Aspergillus species and unravel hundreds of gene models encoding holocellulose-degrading enzymes. Numerous apparent gene duplications followed functional evolution, grouping similar genes into smaller coherent functional families according to specialized structural features, domain organization, biochemical activity, and genus genome distribution. Aspergilli contain about 37 cellulase gene models, clustered in two mechanistic categories: 27 hydrolyze and 10 oxidize glycosidic bonds. Within the oxidative enzymes, we found two cellobiose dehydrogenases that produce oxygen radicals utilized by eight lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases that oxidize glycosidic linkages, breaking crystalline cellulose chains and making them accessible to hydrolytic enzymes. Among the hydrolases, six cellobiohydrolases with a tunnel-like structural fold embrace single crystalline cellulose chains and cooperate at nonreducing or reducing end termini, splitting off cellobiose. Five endoglucanases group into four structural families and interact randomly and internally with cellulose through an open cleft catalytic domain, and finally, seven extracellular β-glucosidases cleave cellobiose and related oligomers into glucose. Aspergilli contain, on average, 30 hemicellulase and 7 accessory gene models, distributed among 9 distinct functional categories: the backbone-attacking enzymes xylanase, mannosidase, arabinase, and xyloglucanase, the short-side-chain-removing enzymes xylan α-1,2-glucuronidase, arabinofuranosidase, and xylosidase, and the accessory enzymes acetyl xylan and feruloyl esterases.
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Bhalla A, Bischoff KM, Sani RK. Highly thermostable GH39 β-xylosidase from a Geobacillus sp. strain WSUCF1. BMC Biotechnol 2014; 14:963. [PMID: 25532585 PMCID: PMC4300165 DOI: 10.1186/s12896-014-0106-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2014] [Accepted: 12/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Complete enzymatic hydrolysis of xylan to xylose requires the action of endoxylanase and β-xylosidase. β-xylosidases play an important part in hydrolyzing xylo-oligosaccharides to xylose. Thermostable β-xylosidases have been a focus of attention as industrially important enzymes due to their long shelf life and role in the relief of end-product inhibition of xylanases caused by xylo-oligosaccharides. Therefore, a highly thermostable β-xylosidase with high specific activity has significant potential in lignocellulose bioconversion. Results A gene encoding a highly thermostable GH39 β-xylosidase was cloned from Geobacillus sp. strain WSUCF1 and expressed in Escherichia coli. Recombinant β-xylosidase was active over a wide range of temperatures and pH with optimum temperature of 70°C and pH 6.5. It exhibited very high thermostability, retaining 50% activity at 70°C after 9 days. WSUCF1 β-xylosidase is more thermostable than β-xylosidases reported from other thermophiles (growth temperature ≤ 70°C). Specific activity was 133 U/mg when incubated with p-nitrophenyl xylopyranoside, with Km and Vmax values of 2.38 mM and 147 U/mg, respectively. SDS-PAGE analysis indicated that the recombinant enzyme had a mass of 58 kDa, but omitting heating prior to electrophoresis increased the apparent mass to 230 kDa, suggesting the enzyme exists as a tetramer. Enzyme exhibited high tolerance to xylose, retained approximately 70% of relative activity at 210 mM xylose concentration. Thin layer chromatography showed that the enzyme had potential to convert xylo-oligomers (xylobiose, triose, tetraose, and pentaose) into fermentable xylose. WSUCF1 β-xylosidase along with WSUCF1 endo-xylanase synergistically converted the xylan into fermentable xylose with more than 90% conversion. Conclusions Properties of the WSUCF1 β-xylosidase i.e. high tolerance to elevated temperatures, high specific activity, conversion of xylo-oligomers to xylose, and resistance to inhibition from xylose, make this enzyme potentially suitable for various biotechnological applications.
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- Aditya Bhalla
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD, 57701, USA. .,Present address: Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD, 57701, USA.
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Volokitina MV, Bobrov KS, Piens K, Eneyskaya EV, Tennikova TB, Vlakh EG, Kulminskaya AA. Xylan degradation improved by a combination of monolithic columns bearing immobilized recombinant β-xylosidase from Aspergillus awamori X-100 and Grindamyl H121 β-xylanase. Biotechnol J 2014; 10:210-21. [PMID: 25367775 DOI: 10.1002/biot.201400417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2014] [Revised: 10/17/2014] [Accepted: 11/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Synergistic action of exo- and endohydrolazes is preferred for effective destruction of biopolymers. The main purpose of the present work was to develop an efficient tool for degradation of xylan. Macroporous lab-made monolithic columns and commercial CIM-Epoxy disk were used to immobilize the recombinant β-xylosidase from Aspergillus awamori and Grindamyl β-xylanase. The efficiency of xylan degradation using the low-loaded β-xylosidase column appeared to be four times higher than for the in-solution process and about six times higher than for the high-loaded bioreactor. Disk bioreactor with the Grindamil β-xylanase operated in a recirculation mode has shown noticeable advantages over the column design. Additionally, a system comprised of two immobilized enzyme reactors (IMERs) was tested to accelerate the biopolymer hydrolysis, yielding total xylan conversion into xylose within 20 min. Fast online monitoring HPLC procedure was developed where an analytical DEAE CIM disk was added to the two-enzyme system in a conjoint mode. A loss of activity of immobilized enzymes did not exceed 7% after 5 months of the bioreactor usage. We can therefore conclude that the bioreactors developed exhibit high efficiency and remarkable long-term stability.
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- Maria V Volokitina
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, St. Petersburg, Russia; Saint-Petersburg State University, Institute of Chemistry, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Kirikyali N, Wood J, Connerton IF. Characterisation of a recombinant β-xylosidase (xylA) from Aspergillus oryzae expressed in Pichia pastoris. AMB Express 2014; 4:68. [PMID: 25401069 PMCID: PMC4230903 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-014-0068-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2014] [Accepted: 08/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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β-xylosidases catalyse the hydrolysis of short chain xylooligosaccharides from their non-reducing ends into xylose. In this study we report the heterologous expression of Aspergillus oryzae β-xylosidase (XylA) in Pichia pastoris under the control of the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase promoter. The recombinant enzyme was optimally active at 55°C and pH 4.5 with Km and Vmax values of 1.0 mM and 250 μmol min−1 mg−1 respectively against 4-nitrophenyl β-xylopyranoside. Xylose was a competitive inhibitor with a Ki of 2.72 mM, whereas fructose was an uncompetitive inhibitor reducing substrate binding affinity (Km) and conversion efficiency (Vmax). The enzyme was characterised to be an exo-cutting enzyme releasing xylose from the non-reducing ends of β-1,4 linked xylooligosaccharides (X2, X3 and X4). Catalytic conversion of X2, X3 and X4 decreased (Vmax and kcat) with increasing chain length.
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Kirikyali N, Connerton I. Heterologous expression and kinetic characterisation of Neurospora crassa β-xylosidase in Pichia pastoris. Enzyme Microb Technol 2014; 57:63-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2014.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2013] [Revised: 01/30/2014] [Accepted: 02/05/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Díaz-Malváez F, García-Almendárez B, Hernández-Arana A, Amaro-Reyes A, Regalado-González C. Isolation and properties of β-xylosidase from Aspergillus niger GS1 using corn pericarp upon solid state fermentation. Process Biochem 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2013.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Wongwisansri S, Promdonkoy P, Matetaviparee P, Roongsawang N, Eurwilaichitr L, Tanapongpipat S. High-level production of thermotolerant β-xylosidase of Aspergillus sp. BCC125 in Pichia pastoris: characterization and its application in ethanol production. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2013; 132:410-413. [PMID: 23265813 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.11.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2012] [Revised: 11/26/2012] [Accepted: 11/26/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A gene coding for thermotolerant β-xylosidase from Aspergillus sp. BCC125 was characterized. The recombinant enzyme was expressed in methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris KM71 and especially high yield of secreted enzyme was obtained. β-xylosidase possessed high enzyme efficiency (Kcat/Km=198.8mM(-1)s(-1)) toward pNP-β-D-xylopyranoside (pNPβX) with optimal temperature and pH for activity of 60°C and pH 4.0-5.0, respectively. The identified β-xylosidase showed clear synergism with previously identified xylanase for hydrolysis of xylan in vitro as well as simultaneous saccharification and fermentation process (SSF) in vivo with Pichia stipitis.
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- Sriwan Wongwisansri
- Bioresources Technology Unit, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, National Science and Technology Development Agency, 113 Thailand Science Park, Phahonyothin Road, Klong Nueng, Klong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand.
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Shi H, Li X, Gu H, Zhang Y, Huang Y, Wang L, Wang F. Biochemical properties of a novel thermostable and highly xylose-tolerant β-xylosidase/α-arabinosidase from Thermotoga thermarum. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2013; 6:27. [PMID: 23422003 PMCID: PMC3621209 DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-6-27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2012] [Accepted: 02/08/2013] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND β-Xylosidase is an important constituent of the hemicellulase system and it plays an important role in hydrolyzing xylooligosaccharides to xylose. Xylose, a useful monose, has been utilized in a wide range of applications such as food, light, chemical as well as energy industry. Therefore, the xylose-tolerant β-xylosidase with high specific activity for bioconversion of xylooligosaccharides has a great potential in the fields as above. RESULTS A β-xylosidase gene (Tth xynB3) of 2,322 bp was cloned from the extremely thermophilic bacterium Thermotoga thermarum DSM 5069 that encodes a protein containing 774 amino acid residues, and was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3). The phylogenetic trees of β-xylosidases were constructed using Neighbor-Joining (NJ) and Maximum-Parsimony (MP) methods. The phylogeny and amino acid analysis indicated that the Tth xynB3 β-xylosidase was a novel β-xylosidase of GH3. The optimal activity of the Tth xynB3 β-xylosidase was obtained at pH 6.0 and 95°C and was stable over a pH range of 5.0-7.5 and exhibited 2 h half-life at 85°C. The kinetic parameters Km and Vmax values for p-nitrophenyl-β-D-xylopyranoside and p-nitrophenyl-α-L-arabinofuranoside were 0.27 mM and 223.3 U/mg, 0.21 mM and 75 U/mg, respectively. The kcat/Km values for p-nitrophenyl-β-D-xylopyranoside and p-nitrophenyl-α-L-arabinofuranoside were 1,173.4 mM-1 s-1 and 505.9 mM-1 s-1, respectively. It displayed high tolerance to xylose, with Ki value approximately 1000 mM. It was stimulated by xylose at higher concentration up to 500 mM, above which the enzyme activity of Tth xynB3 β-xylosidase was gradually decreased. However, it still remained approximately 50% of its original activity even if the concentration of xylose was as high as 1000 mM. It was also discovered that the Tth xynB3 β-xylosidase exhibited a high hydrolytic activity on xylooligosaccharides. When 5% substrate was incubated with 0.3 U Tth xynB3 β-xylosidase in 200 μL reaction system for 3 h, almost all the substrate was biodegraded into xylose. CONCLUSIONS The article provides a useful and novel β-xylosidase displaying extraordinary and desirable properties: high xylose tolerance and catalytic activity at temperatures above 75°C, thermally stable and excellent hydrolytic activity on xylooligosaccharides.
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- Hao Shi
- College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-Based Green Fuels and Chemicals, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-Based Green Fuels and Chemicals, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-Based Green Fuels and Chemicals, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-Based Green Fuels and Chemicals, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-Based Green Fuels and Chemicals, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-Based Green Fuels and Chemicals, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-Based Green Fuels and Chemicals, Nanjing, 210037, China
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Han Y, Agarwal V, Dodd D, Kim J, Bae B, Mackie RI, Nair SK, Cann IKO. Biochemical and structural insights into xylan utilization by the thermophilic bacterium Caldanaerobius polysaccharolyticus. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:34946-34960. [PMID: 22918832 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.391532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Hemicellulose is the next most abundant plant cell wall component after cellulose. The abundance of hemicellulose such as xylan suggests that their hydrolysis and conversion to biofuels can improve the economics of bioenergy production. In an effort to understand xylan hydrolysis at high temperatures, we sequenced the genome of the thermophilic bacterium Caldanaerobius polysaccharolyticus. Analysis of the partial genome sequence revealed a gene cluster that contained both hydrolytic enzymes and also enzymes key to the pentose-phosphate pathway. The hydrolytic enzymes in the gene cluster were demonstrated to convert products from a large endoxylanase (Xyn10A) predicted to anchor to the surface of the bacterium. We further use structural and calorimetric studies to demonstrate that the end products of Xyn10A hydrolysis of xylan are recognized and bound by XBP1, a putative solute-binding protein, likely for transport into the cell. The XBP1 protein showed preference for xylo-oligosaccharides as follows: xylotriose > xylobiose > xylotetraose. To elucidate the structural basis for the oligosaccharide preference, we solved the co-crystal structure of XBP1 complexed with xylotriose to a 1.8-Å resolution. Analysis of the biochemical data in the context of the co-crystal structure reveals the molecular underpinnings of oligosaccharide length specificity.
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- Yejun Han
- Energy Biosciences Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801; Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801; Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Energy Biosciences Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801; Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801; Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Energy Biosciences Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801; Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801; Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Energy Biosciences Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801; Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801; Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801; Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801; Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801.
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- Energy Biosciences Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801; Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801; Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801; Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801; Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801.
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Fekete CA, Kiss L. Purification and Characterization of a Recombinant β-d-xylosidase from Thermobifida fusca TM51. Protein J 2012; 31:641-50. [DOI: 10.1007/s10930-012-9440-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Gubica T, Stępień DK, Ostrowski A, Pisklak DM, Temeriusz A, Głowacka E, Paradowska K, Cyrański MK. Crystal and molecular structure of nitrophenyl 2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-β-d-xylopyranosides. J Mol Struct 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2011.10.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Knob A, Carmona EC. Purification and properties of an acid β-xylosidase from Penicillium sclerotiorum. ANN MICROBIOL 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s13213-011-0282-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Dilokpimol A, Nakai H, Gotfredsen CH, Appeldoorn M, Baumann MJ, Nakai N, Schols HA, Hachem MA, Svensson B. Enzymatic synthesis of β-xylosyl-oligosaccharides by transxylosylation using two β-xylosidases of glycoside hydrolase family 3 from Aspergillus nidulans FGSC A4. Carbohydr Res 2011; 346:421-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2010.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2010] [Revised: 12/10/2010] [Accepted: 12/11/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Teng C, Jia H, Yan Q, Zhou P, Jiang Z. High-level expression of extracellular secretion of a β-xylosidase gene from Paecilomyces thermophila in Escherichia coli. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2011; 102:1822-1830. [PMID: 20970996 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.09.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2010] [Revised: 09/11/2010] [Accepted: 09/14/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A novel β-xylosidase gene (designated as PtXyl43) from thermophilic fungus Paecilomycesthermophila was cloned and extracellularly expressed in Escherichia coli. PtXyl43 belonging to glycoside hydrolase (GH) family 43 has an open reading frame of 1017 bp, encoding 338 amino acids without a predicted signal peptide. No introns were found by comparison of the PtXyl43 genomic DNA and cDNA sequences. The recombinant β-xylosidase (PtXyl43) was secreted into the culture medium in E. coli with a yield of 98.0 U mL(-1) in shake-flask cultures. PtXyl43 was purified 1.2-fold to homogeneity with a recovery yield of 61.5% from the cell-free culture supernatant. It appeared as a single protein band on SDS-PAGE with a molecular mass of approx 52.3 kDa. The enzyme exhibited an optimal activity at 55 °C and pH 7.0, respectively. This is the first report on the cloning and expression of a GH family 43 β-xylosidase gene from thermophilic fungi.
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- Chao Teng
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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Knob A, Terrasan CRF, Carmona EC. β-Xylosidases from filamentous fungi: an overview. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-009-0190-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Biochemical analysis of a beta-D-xylosidase and a bifunctional xylanase-ferulic acid esterase from a xylanolytic gene cluster in Prevotella ruminicola 23. J Bacteriol 2009; 191:3328-38. [PMID: 19304844 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01628-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Prevotella ruminicola 23 is an obligate anaerobic bacterium in the phylum Bacteroidetes that contributes to hemicellulose utilization within the bovine rumen. To gain insight into the cellular machinery that this organism elaborates to degrade the hemicellulosic polymer xylan, we identified and cloned a gene predicted to encode a bifunctional xylanase-ferulic acid esterase (xyn10D-fae1A) and expressed the recombinant protein in Escherichia coli. Biochemical analysis of purified Xyn10D-Fae1A revealed that this protein possesses both endo-beta-1,4-xylanase and ferulic acid esterase activities. A putative glycoside hydrolase (GH) family 3 beta-D-glucosidase gene, with a novel PA14-like insertion sequence, was identified two genes downstream of xyn10D-fae1A. Biochemical analyses of the purified recombinant protein revealed that the putative beta-D-glucosidase has activity for pNP-beta-D-xylopyranoside, pNP-alpha-L-arabinofuranoside, and xylo-oligosaccharides; thus, the gene was designated xyl3A. When incubated in combination with Xyn10D-Fae1A, Xyl3A improved the release of xylose monomers from a hemicellulosic xylan substrate, suggesting that these two enzymes function synergistically to depolymerize xylan. Directed mutagenesis studies of Xyn10D-Fae1A mapped the catalytic sites for the two enzymatic functionalities to distinct regions within the polypeptide sequence. When a mutation was introduced into the putative catalytic site for the xylanase domain (E280S), the ferulic acid esterase activity increased threefold, which suggests that the two catalytic domains for Xyn10D-Fae1A are functionally coupled. Directed mutagenesis of conserved residues for Xyl3A resulted in attenuation of activity, which supports the assignment of Xyl3A as a GH family 3 beta-D-xylosidase.
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Deoxynojirimycin enhanced the transglycosylation activity of a glycosidase from the China white jade snail. J Biotechnol 2009; 139:229-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2008.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2008] [Revised: 10/31/2008] [Accepted: 12/09/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Yan QJ, Wang L, Jiang ZQ, Yang SQ, Zhu HF, Li LT. A xylose-tolerant beta-xylosidase from Paecilomyces thermophila: characterization and its co-action with the endogenous xylanase. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2008; 99:5402-5410. [PMID: 18180153 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.11.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2007] [Revised: 11/06/2007] [Accepted: 11/07/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
Abstract
An extracellular beta-xylosidase from the thermophilic fungus Paecilomyces thermophila J18 was purified 31.9-fold to homogeneity with a recovery yield of 2.27% from the cell-free culture supernatant. It appeared as a single protein band on SDS-PAGE with a molecular mass of approx 53.5 kDa. The molecular mass of beta-xylosidase was 51.8 kDa determined by Superdex 75 gel filtration. The enzyme was a glycoprotein with a carbohydrate content of 61.5%. It exhibited an optimal activity at 55 degrees C and pH 6.5, respectively. The enzyme was stable in the range of pH 6.0-9.0 and at 55 degrees C. The purified enzyme hydrolyzed xylobiose and higher xylooligosaccharides but was inactive against xylan substrates. It released xylose from xylooligosaccharides with a degree of polymerization ranging between 2 and 5. The rate of xylose released from xylooligosaccharides by the purified enzyme increased with increasing chain length. It had a K(m) of 4.3mM for p-nitrophenol-beta-d-xylopyranoside and was competitively inhibited by xylose with a K(i) value of 139 mM. Release of reducing sugars from xylans by a purified xylanase produced by the same organism increased markedly in the presence of beta-xylosidase. During 24-hour hydrolysis, the amounts of reducing sugar released in the presence of added beta-xylosidase were about 1.5-1.73 times that of the reaction employing the xylanase alone. This is the first report on the purification and characterization of a beta-xylosidase from Paecilomyces thermophila.
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Affiliation(s)
- Q J Yan
- Bioresource Utilization Laboratory, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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